Everest and paratroops still selected as National pairs kayak geographic …

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Admin

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2012

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2012/PRNewswire-USNewswire/–Everest Sherpa Lakpa Gelu Sherpa Guide Tsheri and extreme kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar was given the choice of adventurers of the Year for 2012 for them to climb to the Summit of Everest, the offspring and paratroops still record distance from Nepal kayaking into the Bay of Bengal in India. The two adventurers were chosen from a group of Nepal 12 individual achievements in exploration, conservation and adventure sports distinguished them last year. Final selection determined by online voting on the www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure web site of National Geographic Adventure.

Duo winners selected for three months its adventure epic called “The Ultimate descendant,” which includes the ascent of Everest (a first for kayaker Babu, but fourth Mountain Guide Sherpa Lakpa Gelu to), a descendant of 8,865 metres (29,084 ft) free-flying from the top of paraglide (who set a world record for free flights) and 850-km (about 528-mile) journey from Nepal to kayak India on the Ganges River to the Bay of Bengal. Along the way, Babu, 28, and Sherpa Lakpa, 39, faced obstacles ranging from extreme temperatures and lack of oxygen at the Summit for a massive whirlpool in the River Kosi class v rapids being raised at knifepoint in India.

“We are not after the note, we just want to do all these things, climb, paratroops still, kayaking, in one continuous journey,” said Sherpa Lakpa Gelu. When asked about his favorite part of the trip, Babu said, “take off from the highest point in the world.”

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Do Santorum’s comments on higher ed out of step?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Admin

When Republican President hopeful Rick Santorum calling President Barack Obama “arrogant ” to want all Americans to attend college, he may be out of step with the views of the public higher education.

On the campaign trail, Santorum criticized what he considered the liberal nature of the higher education community. He upped the ante on the argument towards the Introduction Tuesday in Michigan and Arizona.

“President Obama has said he wants everyone in America to go to College. What arrogant, ” Santorum said Saturday. “There is a good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day, and put their skills to the test, which is not taught by some liberal professors (who) tried to indoctrinate them. I understand why he wanted you to go to College. He wants to remake you in his image. I want to create jobs so that people can remake their children into their image, not him. ”

Santorum mischaracterized the Obama comment. In fact, the President has called for all Americans to get some form of education above high school, though not always a four-year college as Santorum has repeatedly implied, and the United States to regain the lead globally in people with college degrees by 2020. Many of Obama’s initiatives in higher education, including a proposed $ 8 billion Fund launched as part of the budget proposal earlier this month, focus on the development of labor in a college certificate and degree awards are less than four years.

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Beautiful Churches

Posted on February 22, 2012 by GV

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“Human hands”: new music Video strongly captures the Appalachia’s grief over …

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Admin

When millions of pounds of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations continue to undermine the historic mountain communities in Central Appalachia, powerful new music video was released this week by the American band the Magnolia mountain roots loved catching grief stricken family story and haunts in America’s cradle roots and country music.

Driven by Mark Utley banjo licks and Magnolia mountain easy haunting and sad harmonies, “hand of Man” joined the Pantheon of classic mountain mining ballads and songs, including the Kentucky legend Jean Ritchie’s “Black Water” and the immortal John Prine singing the praise of her family’s death in Western Kentucky for Peabody Coal, “heaven,” and 2/3 goat metrobilly recently hit, “Stream of Conscience.”

“Human hands” takes the listener to the White Star screaming in Kentucky, where seven generations of the family have been struggling to maintain the mountain life and livelihood of the toxic downfall of coal companies on their destruction:

Brian Merchant: greedy Scumbag bidders put up energy

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Fox News poll: Swing

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Admin

President Obama is leading Republican contender in every swing. That’s according to a Fox News poll States Swing which also shows a significant shift in the landscape of the battlefield.

A new poll, released Wednesday, showed Obama leading the Newt Gingrich in swing-state matchups by about the same margin as he does nationally.

Registered voters polls conducted in 10 countries where Obama has a small margin of victory in 2008 and is considered a victory in the upcoming presidential election.

This swing States fall into three regional levels. The level of the Rocky Mountain including Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. Rust belt level including Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. And the level of Dixie include North Carolina, Florida and Virginia.

In these States, Santorum did about as well as Romney matchups with the President.

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